It's funny how fast time flies once you have a kid to look after...
Hard to believe that I haven't updated this in a year and a half. Not that I haven't touched the car (well, maybe only a few times), I guess life just got a bit too busy to check on old friends. Kid, changes in the job (lost our Nikon contract to the Dominicans), drop in pay, etc... Gonna put that behind me and get back to business!
So anyways, the last post was about the rear valence and what I was doing to it. Here's the rest of the pics from then (Nov 2007). I also noticed that some of the picture links were broken on the last 2 pages, so did a bit of fixing up on them.
Other side of the valance getting cleaned up and smoothed down.
Let's play around a bit with primer and paint to see what it looks like.
And the other side, too.
There's something about seeing fresh new paint on metal that just puts you into a good mood, doesn't it? Anyhoo, I needed to check a few places in the passenger floorboard to see if there were pinholes. Out comes the sandblaster!
Wide angle shot of that side
The main area that I was concerned about
Figured as much, the pitting was way too deep. I'll need to replaced a section of this floor, too.
Lastly, just a shot of the front bottom section of the door frame (just a small pin hole to weld closed here)
Not sure why I didn't get those up right after that posting, but I guess I had a good reason. That brings us up to this weekend. I finally got myself out to the garage and did a bit of work on the old gal. First off, section out the part that needs replacing.
The normal work of boxboard templates and fitting to new metal.
Fitting the new piece into place (still needs trimming at the front edge before tacking it down).
My plan (and it's a rough one!) is to spend just a couple hours a week out in the garage when I can tear myself away from the other responsibilities around the house. And of course I'll be posting pics of the work when it's done.
It's good to be back!
